My friend and I were interested in playing an RPG but didn't want to put the money into trying something like DnD. I had a lot of free time back then, and was like, "I can come up with my own RPG that we can play through text chat". Looking back, the mechanics I had come up with weren't bad, and some of them are a bit similar to the custom mechanics I have on my table now. I eventually Googled "Free Pen and Paper RPG". I found Fabletop and decided to stick around.

I believe it was as followed:
1. Saw some youtube d&d
2. Want to play d&d
3. Accidentally downloaded D&D MMORPG which had nothing to do with actually tabletop roleplaying
4. Look for more online D&D
5. Opened roll21, got confused.
6. Moved to Fabletop.
7. Play some crappy character